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Top 25 Drug discovery companies based in Canada

Name: Drug discovery companies based in Canada
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 58 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 58 drug discovery companies headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 2,850 professional contacts across them, including 1,973 with verified work emails. Montreal is the largest hub.

This list covers drug discovery companies headquartered in Canada, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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2,850Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest drug discovery companies based in Canada

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 58 drug discovery companies based in Canada, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to drug discovery companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Altasciences	Partial evidence	Laval, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,759 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Outsourcing made easy with a one-stop solution to early-phase drug development.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Paraza Pharma INC	Indirect evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	266 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Sygnature Discovery North America	Strong evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	211 contacts →
	Strong evidence “At Sygnature Discovery, a global drug discovery CRO, we create exceptional scientific outcomes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Deep Genomics	Indirect evidence	Toronto, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	105 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Deep Genomics collaborates across disciplines to solve hard molecular design and target biology problems historically requiring slow, empirical iteration.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Dalriada Drug Discovery	Strong evidence	Mississauga, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	58 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Dalriada is a small molecule drug discovery company supporting global innovators through its TURN-KEY™ model, where R&D is perfectly aligned with business and IP.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Bioharvest Sciences	Indirect evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	50 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “BioHarvest Sciences Inc.(Nasdaq: BHST) is a public biotech company that has developed a patented Botanical Synthesis platform technology capable of growing the active and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Natco Pharma Canada INC	Indirect evidence	Mississauga, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	48 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Natco Pharma (Canada) Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Liminal Biosciences	Partial evidence	Laval, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Liminal BioSciences, through its wholly owned subsidary, Caledon Bioscience Inc, is a data-driven development-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Canam Bioresearch INC	Strong evidence	Winnipeg, MB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Strong evidence “CanAm Bioresearch is a well-established North American based medicinal chemistry Contract Research Organization (CRO) with more than 20 years of experience in drug discovery.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	NMX Research And Solutions INC	Indirect evidence	Laval, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are more than a CRO.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	48hour Discovery	Strong evidence	Edmonton, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 2017, 48Hour Discovery (48HD) has a powerful technology platform for peptide-based drug discovery.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Sequence BIO	Partial evidence	St John’s, NL, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Partial evidence “90% of potential drugs fail, often because they lack the genetic evidence to prove they will work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Canurta Therapeutics	Partial evidence	Mississauga, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Canurta Therapeutics is a biotechnology company discovering and bioprocessing rare, multipotent polyphenols to find new ways to reverse the chronic disease crisis with botanical…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Molecular Forecaster	Indirect evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a reliable, self-sustaining computational chemistry company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Conscience	Strong evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	14 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Conscience is turning drug discovery into a team sport.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Cyclenium Pharma INC	Strong evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Cyclenium Pharma is a growing pharmaceutical R&D company exploiting its next generation CMRT™ macrocyclic drug discovery technology to identify novel small molecule therapeutics…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Alectos Therapeutics INC	Partial evidence	Burnaby, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	10 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Alectos Therapeutics is a private pharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and preclinical development of novel small-molecule therapeutics for neurological diseases.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Kapoose Creek BIO	Indirect evidence	Vancouver, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Kapoose Creek Bio is a Canadian biotech company using AI technologies to uncover small molecule medicines from nature with unprecedented speed and scale.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	YYZ Pharmatech INC	Partial evidence	Toronto, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Partial evidence “YYZ Pharmatech Inc.(“YYZ”) is a deep tech company advancing transformative medicines for patients by revealing first-in-class and novel cell-surface co-receptor drug targets that…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Stoked BIO	Strong evidence	Hamilton, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Stoked Bio leverages high-throughput biology and a diverse suite of state-of-the-art AI approaches to discover and design novel drugs to address urgent unmet clinical needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Marvel Biosciences Corp	Partial evidence	Calgary, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Marvel Biosciences is an agile, Calgary-based biotechnology company revolutionizing drug development by de-risking the (re)development of existing drugs to create novel…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Nuchem Sciences	Strong evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	6 contacts →
	Strong evidence “NuChem Sciences a CRO specialized in integrated services for drug discovery.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Neural Therapeutics	Strong evidence	Toronto, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Neural Therapeutics is a drug-discovery company focusing on plant based active substances with the goal of delivering beneficial over-the-counter dietary-supplements and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Fedora Pharmaceuticals INC	Indirect evidence	Edmonton, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Intellisyn R&d	Indirect evidence	Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “IntelliSyn is formally X-Chem!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: drug discovery companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names drug discovery companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of drug discovery companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name drug discovery companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Drug discovery companies based in Canada at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

69.2%Verified-email coverage

49.1Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

24.1%Largest-city concentration · Montreal

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Canada, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Canada, over 58 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among drug discovery companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Canada whose own description of what they do matches “drug discovery companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names drug discovery companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among drug discovery companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Canada are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,973 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names drug discovery companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many drug discovery companies are there based in Canada?

RevenueBase identified 58 drug discovery companies headquartered in Canada as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Altasciences, headquartered in Laval, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most drug discovery companies?

Montreal leads with 14 headquartered companies, followed by Toronto (8) and Edmonton (4).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,973 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 58 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.